2. The Ming Dynasty experienced 276 years, so the development of calligraphy in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into three periods. Among the calligraphers in Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang, who created a generation of calligraphy style, had the greatest influence.
3. Dong Qichang, whose real name is Xuanzang, whose real name is Sibai and whose real name is Xiangguang Jushi, is a famous painter and calligrapher. In the seventeenth year of Wanli, he was a scholar, awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy, and was appointed to the Nanjing Ritual Department. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he died and was given "Wen Min".
4. Dong Qichang painted landscapes, studied under Dong Yuan, Huang, and Ni Zan, and used a delicate and neutral pen, which was quiet and elegant; Clean and bright with ink fragrance, gentle and plain; Green, simple and generous. Calligraphy in and out of the Jin and Tang dynasties, sui generis, can make poetry.